In 2017, the Swanage Railway held a mega-gala titled 'STRICTLY BULLEID' with five Bulleid Pacifics in attendance.
In 2024, the event was repeated on a much larger scale over the weekend of Friday 7th to Sunday 9th June titled 'STRICTLY BULLEID II' with a total of eight locos.
The eight locomotives were as follows...
- SR rebuilt 'West Country'-class 4-6-2 No.34028 "Eddystone"
- SR rebuilt 'Battle of Britain'-class 4-6-2 No.34053 "Sir Keith Park"
- SR 'Battle of Britain'-class 4-6-2 No.34070 "Manston"
- BR(S) 'Battle of Britain'-class 4-6-2 No.34072 "257 Squadron"
- BR(S) 'Battle of Britain'-class 4-6-2 No.34081 "92 Squadron" (visiting from the Nene Valley Railway)
- BR(S) 'West Country'-class 4-6-2 No.34092 "City of Wells" (visiting from the East Lancashire Railway)
- SR rebuilt 'Merchant Navy'-class 4-6-2 No.35006 "Peninsular & Oriental S. N. Co." (visiting from the Gloucestershire Warwickshire Railway)
- SR rebuilt 'Merchant Navy'-class 4-6-2 No.35018 "British India Line" (visiting from West Coast Railways)
Sequences in this video are as follows...
- 34053 (34072): Corfe Common and Norden
- 34028 (34081): Woodyhyde and Corfe Castle
- 35006+35018: Harmans Cross
- 34092: Quarr Farm Crossing
- 34072 (35006+35018): Quarr Woods Crossing
- 34081: Harmans Cross
- 34028+34053: Harmans Cross
- 35018: Herston and Woodyhyde
- 35006: Corfe Common
- 34081: Corfe Common
- 34092 (35018): Norden Common
- 34072+34070 (35006): Corfe Viaduct
Filmed on Friday 7th & Saturday 8th June 2024.
Like - Comment - Subscribe